Tree Care in Guadalupe, CA

If you're looking at the trees in your Guadalupe yard and wondering what's wrong, you're not alone. Most of the homes here were built around 1984, which means the trees are now about 42 years old. That's the age when problems from poor planting choices become obvious. You'll see this with fast-growing Monterey Pines, which are prone to failure in our wind, and invasive Blue Gum Eucalyptus trees with their aggressive roots and messy drop. Many of these were planted by builders for quick shade, not for a long, healthy life in our warm-marine climate. The real issue often starts with how we water. Running your lawn sprinklers for 15 minutes a day is one of the worst things for a mature tree. It keeps the roots shallow in the top few inches of soil, when they need deep, infrequent soaking to survive our high drought risk and only 13 inches of annual rain.